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ILC077-040230-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY

805 PM CDT TUE JUL 3 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EASTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS



* UNTIL 930 PM CDT



* AT 805 PM CDT...STREET FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN CARBONDALE WITH AS 

MUCH AS A FOOT OF WATER AT SOME INTERSECTIONS. ALSO REPORTS OF 

MANHOLE COVERS BEING BLOWN 12 TO 18 INCHES OFF THE ROAD SURFACES 

HAVE BEEN RECEIVED. DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW A SLOW MOVING 

STORM OVER EASTERN JACKSON COUNTY.



* LOCAL FLOODING WILL CONTINUE TO BE POSSIBLE AS LONG AS THE HEAVY 

RAIN CONTINUES ACROSS THE AREA. PLUS EVEN AFTER THE RAIN 

ENDS...RUNOFF WATER WILL CONTINUE TO POOL IN LOW LYING AREAS.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...

  CARBONDALE



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. 

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. PERSONS SHOULD NOT ENTER THE HIGH WATER ON 

FOOT OR BY OTHER MEANS.



LAT...LON 3779 8928 3761 8930 3761 8916 3778 8916



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